Washing-machine



Patented Sept. 27, I898.

No. 6|l,306.

a. T. WINTERS.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

III I asses rc-uma, WASHINGTON n, c.

I UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

GEORGE T. WINTERS, OF CAMERON, WVEST VIRGINIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,306, datedSeptember 27, 1898.

Application filed April 7, 1898. Serial No. 676,791. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. WINTERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cameron, in the county of Marshall and State of WestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to im prove the construction'ofwashing-machines and j, to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientone capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clothes and adapted todispense with gearing and other operating mechanism liable to catch theclothes of the operator or injure the fingers of children.

A further object of the invention is to provide a supporting framedesigned to receive an oscillating washing-machine body and providedwith a wringer-support adapted to hold a wringer in position over thewashingmachine body and to form a stop for the same when taking clothesout or putting them into the machine or supplying the same with waterand capable of enabling the wringer to be arranged at one side of thewashing-machine to avoid detaching it entirely therefrom when theoscillating body is in operation.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention and showing a wringer inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, the wringerbeing swung downward at one side of the Washingmachine body to permitthe oscillation of the latter. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectionalview of one of the bearings of the washingmachine body.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a supporting frame or stand composed of oppositely-inclinedstandards 2 and 3, arranged in pairs at opposite sides of awashing-machine body 4 and connected be low the body by transverse rungs5 and trans verse rods 6, arranged between the rungs, as shown, the-endsof the rungs being fitted in sockets at the inner faces of the standardsand the rods being passed entirely through the same and provided with ahead at one end and a nut at the other to retain the rungs in thesockets and prevent the sides of the frame from separating. A washer orplate is interposed between each of the nuts and the adjacent standardto avoid injuring the frame or stand.

The washin -rnachine bod which is arstand, is detachably journaledtherein by means of fixed horizontal journals 8, extending inward fromthe sides and provided at their inner ends with heads interlocking withbearing-slots 9 of plates 10, which are secured to the outer faces ofthe sides of the washingmachine body. The journals 8 are located at thejuncture of the oppositely-inclined standards 2 and 3 of the frameorstand. The shanks of the journals are threaded to receive nuts 11 andare provided at the inner faces of the sides with collars or flanges 12,rigid with the journals and forming stops to enable the nuts to bescrewed up tightly against the sides of the frame without drawing thejournals outward too far. The collars or flanges also space thewashing-machine bodyfrom the sides of the frame and prevent the saidbody from contacting with the frame or stand when in operation. Thebearing-plates 10, which are vertical, are 'bowed out. to offset theircentral portions from the washing-machine body and provide a centrallongitudinal opening. The slots 9 extend upward from the lower ends ofthe bearing-plates, and the washing-machine body may be readily liftedoff the journals when desired. One of the bearing-plates is extended tothe upper edge of the adjacent side of the washing-machine body to forma socket for a removable han-- dle 10, by means of which thewashing-machine body is oscillated.

The washing-machine body, which is elliptical in longitudinal section,preferably consists of wooden sides and a sheet-metal bottom and ends,and it is provided on the inner faces of the said bottom and ends with asuitable rubbing surface, preferably formed by transverse strips or bars14. The top of the washingmachine body is provided with an opening inwhich is arranged a removable cover 15, secured when closed by suitablefastening devices.

The standards are connected near the j on rnals by horizontal rods 16,arranged on the outer faces of the sides of the frame and having theirterminals bent at an angle and em bedded in the standards or otherwisesecured to the same.

The front standards are extended above the rear standards 2 to providearms 17, which project above the upper face of the washingmachine body,and are provided with recesses 18, receiving a transversewringer-supporting bar 19. The wringer-supportin g bar 19, which has awringer 20 mounted upon it, is pivoted at one end by a bolt 21 to thearm 17 at one side of the frame. The handle for opcrating thewashing-machine body is located at the other side of thewashing-machine, and when it is desired to oscillate the washingmachinebody the wringer and the wringersupporting bar are swung downward at oneside of the washing-machine body, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawin gs. The washing-machine body is provided adjacenttothe hinged end of the wringer-supporting bar wit-h a substantiallyU-shaped clip 22, having resilient sides and engaging the lower edge ofthe wringer-supporting bar, whereby the washing-machine body is retainedstationary when the wringer is in position and when it is desired to putclothes in the washing-machine or remove them therefrom or supply themachine with water. The weight of the wringer retains the free end ofthe wringer-support-ing bar in the recess of the arm 17, and the wringerand the frame or stand supporting the wringer, the weight of thesame notbeing on the washing-machine body.

The invention has the following advan tages: The washing-macl1ine,whichis simple and inexpensive in construction, is adapted to wash clothesthoroughly and rapidly by simply oscillating the washing-machine body,which does not wear, tear, or otherwise injure the fabrics. The Wringersupporting bar is mounted on the frame and operates as a stop to preventthe washing-machine body from oscillating when the wringer is inposition, and it enables the wringer to be readily swung out of the waywithout removing it from the washing machine. when swung out of the wayis located at one side of the washing-machine, and the handle is locatedat the other side of the same, so that the wringer does not interferewith the free oscillation of the washing-machine body.

Changesin the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

hat I claim is- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination of a frame orstand having oppositely-inclined standards arranged in pairs at eachside of the frame, one of the standards of each pair being extended toform an arm, the upper ends of the arms being recessed, a washingmachinebody jonrnaled in the frame orstand, and a transverse wringer-supportingbar extending across the top of the body and supported in said recesses,one end of the bar being pivoted to one of the arms, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a frame or stand provided atopposite sides with inwardly-extendin g journals, a washingmachine body,bearing-plates mounted on the washing machine body at opposite sidesthereof and having outwardly-bowed portions, said bearing-plates beingprovided at their lower ends with bearing-slots receiving said journals,one of the bearing-plates forming a socket to receive a handle foroperating the body, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE T. \VINTERS.

\Vitnesses:

W. C. DAWSON, '1. E. FLETCHER.

The wringer

